Lead Delivery Manager at Waracle in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Waracle are looking for a Lead Delivery Manager for an exciting new role joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation.

We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations.

This is a Hybrid role working from either our Glasgow or Dundee office 2 days a week

Are you a collaborative leader who thrives on bringing people together, nurturing high-performing teams, and shaping impactful digital products? As a Lead Delivery Manager, you will play a central role in guiding cross-functional teams, building strong client relationships, and fostering an inclusive, supportive environment where everyone can thrive. Reporting to Emma Coutts, you will be a trusted partner and mentor, using your expertise to navigate challenges, champion delivery excellence, and empower your teams to succeed.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Strategic Delivery Leadership: Championing cross-functional squads to manage dependencies, navigate risks, and deliver meaningful product goals. You'll use data and performance insights in a supportive, constructive way to enable continuous improvement.

• Team & People Nurturing: Mentoring and coaching colleagues across all career stages. You will cultivate team health, maintain safe and open spaces for collaboration, and encourage cross-team learning.

• Client & Commercial Partnership: Working closely with clients and internal stakeholders to align project scopes, budgets, and contracts while ensuring transparency and shared success.

• Building Alignment: Facilitating workshops and open conversations to help diverse stakeholder groups unite around a shared vision and resolve complex organisational challenges empathetically.

• Practice Evolution: Contributing your unique perspective to our Delivery Community of Practice (CoP) and helping shape the future of our Waracle Delivery Playbook.
  

Research shows that underrepresented groups, including female candidates, tend to only apply for roles that they believe they meet 100% of the criteria for. At Waracle, we want to buck that trend! We hire for passion, potential and mindset as much as credentials. If you think you'd be incredible in the role, then apply - even if you don't think you tick every box.